NEW YORK (Billboard) – Most singers are satisfied with one album to work on at a time. Aaron Neville has three, which means that “2010 is going to be a stellar year,” the New Orleans native says.
The first one out is likely to be Neville's third gospel album, which he's working on with producer Joe Henry. “We're doing a lot of traditional-type stuff and some old stuff,” Neville says. “We might stick a couple of
NEW YORK – There were plenty of high notes but not quite enough heart as Donizetti’s comic romp “La Fille du Regiment” (”The Daughter of the Regiment”) returned to the Metropolitan Opera.
The revival of the endearing production by Laurent Pelly, first seen at the Met two seasons ago, opened Saturday night. Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez was back to portray the lovesick peasant Tonio, while German soprano Diana Damrau appeared
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson’s doctor has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star.
Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25, entered his plea Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court just hours after he was charged.
He could face up to four years in prison if convicted.
Murray appeared in court in a gray suit as Jackson’s
Rapper Soulja Boy has been sentenced to 12 months’ probation stemming from his arrest at a music video shoot in October. The Crank That (Soulja Boy) hit-maker was shooting a clip at an abandoned house in Georgia with a cast and crew of 40 people, including fans he had invited to participate.
However, when authorities arrived to investigate complaints of noise, half the group, including Soulja Boy, fled by foot.
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Lady Gaga’s dead aunt helped the pop star kick an addiction to cocaine. Before she hit the big time, the “Poker Face” superstar found herself spiraling into a drug hell as she performed in underground New York burlesque clubs.
But the star found the strength to beat her cocaine habit, and credits the spirit of her father’s dead sister for helping her focus on her career as an artist.
She tells Britain’s News of the World, “I realized my father’s sister, Joanne, who’d Read the rest of this entry »
Bruce Willis is offering up tips on how to kill a wolf with your bare hands in a new survival article. The action man tells the new issue of “Men’s Journal” magazine how to impress women, what not to drink on a heavy night out and the vital information every father should pass onto his children - but it’s his precise wolf-killing skills that will impress most.
He suggests the first thing to do when attacked in the wild is to “give the wolf your arm.”
He explains, “You’ve Read the rest of this entry »
“There have probably been days when I saw 300 vaginas before I got out of bed.” Rocker John Mayer likes to start his day by checking out Internet porn.
John insists his reputation as a bad boy and cad is undeserved because he has never treated a girlfriend badly. He told Playboy magazine, “I consider myself a good guy, with the best of intentions. Anyone who has been in a relationship with me would stand by the fact that I’ve never been callous.”
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – The contrasts are stark: As Haiti grapples with chaos, death and despair after last month’s earthquake, the world’s most famous VIPs party in luxurious fashion in preparation for a football game.
Wyclef Jean — who has been an advocate for his native Haiti since the disaster — was in Miami for those celebrations this week, and understands that the festivities won’t stop because of Haiti’s pain.
LONDON (AP) — Sir John Dankworth, the British jazz composer, saxophonist and band leader, has died. He was 82.
Jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine — who married Dankworth in 1958 after meeting during an audition for a spot with his band — announced her husband’s death before the finale of an anniversary concert at The Stables, the theater they founded together.
Monica Ferguson, the theater’s chief executive
NEW YORK (Billboard) – The Who took the stage for the Super Bowl halftime show in Miami on Sunday, and delivered a solid if expected medley of classic rock hits.
Singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend, the two surviving members of the original quartet, appeared on a circular stage in the center of Sun Life Stadium, accompanied by their backing band.
They played a nearly 12-minute set that included all
